P&B Panel Discusses: Where They Buy Their Makeup From

As the scorching heat approached, we sipped our iced lemonades and got talking about which store we love to browse and buy beauty from ! Not that there are too many options in India, but which one gives them the best retail therapy feeling!

I love the Shoppers Stop in Ambience Mall, Vasant Kunj. The MAC there is great, generally stocks well with a lot of helpful SA’s and i like the format- there is Estee Lauder, Clinique along with lower end brands. I also like New U for regular drugstore makeup stuff, but one store which i really feel like a kid in a candy land is Kunchals in GK 1 M Block Market. They have benefit, and Dior and Bobbi Brown and a whole lot of other illegally smuggled stuff :p I guess the way they keep it under the counter top just makes me go a bit crazy!!

In India i mostly shop from MAC, but in London i love to shop from Boots ! (Editors Note: Boots is a weakness for me too i pick up the most random things that i dont need from Boots)

I like shopping from New U in the malls for all the regular purchases and to check out whats new in each brand, but apart from that i like the Mac store in Ambience, VK . (Priyam has a bad history with MAC Stores btw, for one whole year she refused to enter the Mac store in Gurgaon because she fought with the SA)

I buy most of my makeup from New U!

Any suggestions for questions for our panel members? Im running out of ideas here girls.

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Whatever little make up I buy, I buy it from Shoppers stop! I am so scared of buying things from stores selling smuggled products. I really doubt if they are genuine!Marathi Weddings recently posted..aza Sale update – Upto 80% off!!

In india I buy my makeup products from select city walk mall and never miss the opportunity to shop from duty free shops while traveling.
otherwise I shop from sephora,nordstrom and drug stores.giggle girlie recently posted..Colored Jeans and Neon Handbag Outfit:OOTD

One question I would like to ask you ladies is – which has been your best budget buy in makeup or skincare to date which you swear by even today or would recommend for us lesser mortals (or rather kanjoos mortals) ;-)?

I buy my stuff drom Shoppers Stop too…I agree they have all sorts of brands out there…Some high end & some drugstore too….Makes it easy..I also shop from a local shop near my office that stocks Revlon, Lakme, FabIndia & many other brands too..Richa Saxena recently posted..FabIndia Almond & Coconut Body Butter; Review & Photos

Shopper stop and select city walk for high brand things.. drug store brand from local market/chemist/pharmacy.. If some is travelling from US then rely on Ulta.com and drugstore.com
Questions/Panel discussion – hair removal, handbags to shop from, sunglasses, best makeup palette, makeup budget for a month
Do check Neeru in Hyderabad, I heard they have amazing range.. I want to go there someday..Shikha recently posted..Jolen Creme Bleach

Hi,
I have a question, which you can probably answer. I’m planning to get married in a few months. But it’ll be a non-traditional, picnic in the forest kind of setting outside India. Have no idea what to wear,where to buy etc etc etc. I’m tiny and on the thin side. And i hate shopping, long gown-y clothes, the colour white (which is what most christian weddings demand; my fiance is christian ) and absolutely no Indian/Indian-ish wedding wear for me. Blasphemous, but Indian wedding gear doesn’t make me go gaga at all. Any suggestions?

no gown, no white no indian ! Lol..whats left then girly..
have you seen some nice indian clothes? I have a feeling youv seen some of the tacky things available and are going against it…jut pick a nice, crinkled skirt and corset, or just a bright sharara or something….

Beauty Centre in Mumbai.. I prefer Kandivali to the Khar centre… Whenever I go there to buy one or two things I end up buying 10 other things I dont need. I now go thr with only money fr what I need and leave all CC and ATM cards at homeAvina recently posted..Faces Cosmetics Blush – Review

In Hyderabad:
GVK Mall: Divine place to buy make up some filthy rich brands like Dior, sheishido, TBS are available which are not available in other malls.
Shopperstop(Begumpet): the SA’s are quite helpful
Hyderabad Central: Great place to buy makeup stuff and the only place where colorbar brand is available.
Lifestyle(Begumpet): Lazy SA’s, available brands are Revlon, Maybelline, L’oreal, Maxfactor, Lakme and chambor.
Health&glow(Dharamkaram road) andMedplus beauty stores(Madhuranagar)

In Mumbai, there are stores called “Beauty Palace” which offer discounts on all makeup and beauty products. I try to shop in these stores whenever I can. :)Karishma recently posted..Anushka Sharma’s fringes: Yay or Nay?

Although Beauty Centrs usually stock everything one wants at discounted rates too!! I end up going there less often due to proximity issues. So for me it’s any of the departmental stores near my home.Rajvi Bhow recently posted..Checklist 2013

Iced lemonades are so far from me :( ! I read this wrapped up in a blanket, since it snows in May apparently!
I live in US and my make-up comes from few different places. A lot of stores in malls usually have MAC, and other brands. So, I just barge in and live there until someone drag me out!

Love the panel :) and Mehak I do have a lot of questions in my mind.. for starters.. staple sunscreens? favourite night treatments? skin serums? deep cleansing solutions.. the kind that works magic on heads and milia? maybe even your favourite skin cleansing/facial pick at a salon? organic beauty products you guys love? organic makeup? (been dying to know if anyone has tried the soultree kajal and lipsticks). phew! Hope that gives you some ideas :D

Hey thanks RJ that gives me a lot of ideas..night treatments- i did ask them …but they seem to be a very no-night treatment panel, so didnt get responses…but yes let me ask some more skincare questions..actually i may do another panel who are more into skincare..this one is very makeup obsessed but no o much skincae

I shops from ambience mall vasant kunj and when the guy refuses to take me there than any nearby beauty store…
Mehak i have a question n quite urgent m going to buy sunnies which i will be using very rare so any brand which u and the panel recommend…